Berry box



Api-il"27.1926. 1,582,591 I P. FLANSBURG BERRY BOX Filed Dec. 8. 1921 l atented Apr. 27, 1925.

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BERRY BOX.

l pplication filed December 8, 1921. Serial No. 520,905.

To all whom it may concern. lie it known that Perri: FLANSBURG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at liltanistee, in the county 01 Man- :iste andtjtate of lflichigan. has invented new and useful improvements in Berry fltoxes, or which the following is a specifiction.

The object oft-he invention is to provide a simple and etllcient berry b )X which can be constructed. or a cheap material, free from the objections which are incidentalto the use cfsplint or veneer wood which are subject to warping and splitting and furthermore to provide a box which can be struck from a single blank of pliable material adapted to he produced by stamping firm a sheet of the material and shipped to the consumer in a fiat condition, and which can be set up by the consumer. and locked in the proper shape for containing the product with the minimum expenditure of time and eiiort; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein V Figure 1 is a serspective view of a box embodying the invention. j

Figure a plan view of the blank from which the article is formed.

The receptacle which is of rectangular form although not necessarily square as indicated in the drawing, and which may be made of any desired capacity within the range of those ordinarily eniployedin the crating and shipment of berries, fruits and certain kinds of vegetables consists of a bottom told 10 provided at its four sides with parallel sided extensions forming wall flaps 11 and 12 of widths corresponding respectively with the edges of the bottom told from which they extend, the extremities of 'the diametrically opposite flaps 11 being provided with slits or kerfs 1 disposed substantially perpendicular to the end edges of the flaps, and the diametrically opposite flapslQ being provided at their extremities with laterally extending tongues 14, two of which are provided with slits or her-is 15 disposed substantially perpendicular to the outer edges of the tongues and adapted to be arranged in registering relation respectively with the slits or kerts 13 of the flaps 11, and the other two of which are provided with slits or her-ts 16 extending from the inner edg s or the tongues and in oblique relation ercto or at an angle other than perpendicular and inclining inward toward the side edges or the flaps 12 for engagement with the slits or kerifs 13 and 15 in such a way as to straddle the innerv ends of said slits or lrert's as indicated in Figure 1 and form an interlock therewith.

tfhe bottom fold may be suitably perfori meters of the openings being such as to a circulation of air without permitting the contents of the box to escape, and in setting up the box it is onlynecessary to fold the several flaps thereof on the fold l nes 11 and 12 into positions perpendicular with the plane of the base or bottom fold, and then turn the tongues 14 inward on their toll lines 1%, first folding the tongues having the slits 15 into registration with the slits 3 and then folding the tongues having the slits 16 to overlap the first-named tongues and bringing the slits 16 into strad dling relation with theregistering slits 13 and 15. No fastening means other than the interlock thus provided is required in order to hold the box in the required form with the walls in perpendicular relation with the base or bottom, and should it be desired or expedient to use the box a second time the tongues may be readily disengaged to return the blank to a. flat condition for economical storage pending such further use.

clannedas new and useful is 1. ft box or :l'oldable material formed from a. single blanlr and ha ing; a rectangw lar bottom told and flaps eiztending'respeo tively from the several QClQ- S of said fold, diametrically opposite flaps being provided at their outer edges with an inwardly di rected slit and the other dian'ictrically opposite flaps being provided with lateral tongues the ends of these counties extending above the top of the first mentioned opposite flaps, the tongues carriedv by each of said flaps being; provided with slits intersectingand extending respectively from the outer and inner edges thereof.

2. A box of foldable material formed from a single blank and having a rectangular bottom told and flaps extending respectively from the several edges of said fold,

l-laving described the invention, what ed s indicated at 1'? for ventilation, the

(llflil ell'lciliijv' opposite tiups being provided at their outer edges with an inwardly directed sl t and the other diametrically opposite l'lups being provided with luterul tongues, leaving spaces between the edges of the tongues and the first mentioned flaps, the tongues carried by each of said flaps being provided with slits intersecting and extending respectively from the outer and inner edges thereof, the slits in the outer edges or the first-named flaps and extending from the outer edges of said tongues being arranged substuntiall perpendicular to the edges with which they intersect, and the slits extending from the inner edges of the other tongues being disposed in oblique elotion with the edges which they intersect.

3. A box of foldable material formed from a single blank and, having a rectangular bottom fold and fiups extending respec tively from the several edges of said fold, diametrically opposite flaps being provided at their outer edges with an inwardly directed slit and the other diametrically opposite flaps being provided with lateral tongues, the ends of these tongues extending above the top of the first mentioned opposite iiups, the tongues carried by each of said l'iups being provided with slits intersectingand er:- tending respectively from the outer and inner edges thereof, the tongues opposite the flaps forming a double wull substuntiuliy throughout their length when the box it;- seinbled.

In testimony whereof he uiiixes his nature.

PETER FLA NSBU it}. 

